[They've gone this far on the bad sake voyage....made as well keep going and collect the money at the end. This one isn't as bad as the others, remarkably. Cucumber and apple is still a strange choice, but it's not actively unpleasant, at least.]

We'd be in a bit of trouble if we were here doing something I was more familiar with, here.

[Being stuck indefinitely in a place with mushi? While also attracting mushi? That would be the opposite of helpful for literally anyone.]

Frankly, when that Hathaway representative approached me to say I had been selected to be part of this guild, I thought there had been some kind of mistake, at first.